The Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, had two sister ships almost identical in size and luxury: ...

Today, we measure ships in gross tonnage (GT ... Despite the misfortune of her younger sister, Olympic reveals that she and the Titanic were not ill-conceived examples of technological hubris ...

The correspondence provides a crucial glimpse into the immediate response to one of history's most infamous maritime wrecks.

The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in ...

The Royal Mail Ship Titanic is the second of three ocean liners built for the White Star line by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, the sister ship to the RMS Olympic, which preceded Titanic on the ...

It was April 15, 111 years ago, when the famed RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Most history enthusiasts know the backstory of the Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship that set sail on ...

You can still visit it today. The architect of Titanic and its sister ships Olympic and Britannic was Alexander Carlisle. The designer was born in Ballymena and is generally thought to have been ...

As well as building the Titanic, Harland and Wolff built its two sister ships Olympic and Britannic, and also supplied almost 150 warships during World War II. It built the SS Canberra liner in ...

“The story of the Titanic is one of the most widely ... as did her nearly identical sister ship, the RMS Olympic,” commented Ciro Galeno Jr., the museum’s executive director.